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Old 09-11-2004, 07:38 PM   #1
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Xine and .wmv


I just installed xine on my fedora core 2 box in order to play .wmv encoded video (specifically because I read that xine is good for this) and it tells me that I don't have the codec. Did I screw something up, or can I go somewhere and download the codec? I googled around for it but couldn't come up with anything.

Thanks, Zach
 
Old 09-12-2004, 12:03 AM   #2
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Google for mplayer, www.mplayerhq.hu is where I went, and download their player and codecs. When you install mplayer and the codecs, xine will also use them and play your wmv files.
 
Old 09-12-2004, 12:07 AM   #3
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That's what I did, but even so, only a handful of wmv files will play.
 
Old 09-12-2004, 12:15 AM   #4
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u need the win32 codecs - get it from any mplayer mirror or freshrpms.net
 
Old 09-12-2004, 12:47 AM   #5
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Originally posted by vinay_s_s
u need the win32 codecs - get it from any mplayer mirror or freshrpms.net
For me, "rpm -qa | grep 'codec'" gives me:

mplayer-codecs-linux-xanim-3ivx-20040704-1
mplayer-codecs-win32-mjpeg2k-20040704-1
mplayer-codecs-win32-qt-20040704-1
mplayer-codecs-win32-qt-extras-20040704-1
mplayer-codecs-linux-xanim-20040626-1
mplayer-codecs-win32-20040704-1
mplayer-codecs-win32-indeo-20040704-1
mplayer-codecs-linux-real-20040626-1
mplayer-codecs-win32-dmo-20040704-1


When I run a typical WMV file that plays perfectly in Winamp or WIndows Media Player, XINE tells me that I am missing the WMV 9 (win32) codec. No, the file has no DRM or anything.
 
Old 09-12-2004, 05:30 AM   #6
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Have you tried playing the file in Mplayer?

I've never been able to figure out any reason for it, but sometimes, a video file will work in Mplayer, but not Xine, even though they're using the same codecs.

If anyone can tell me why this might be, I'd be most grateful.
 
Old 09-16-2004, 04:41 PM   #7
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Yes, I've tried. MPlayer just freezes. The video window stays black. When I try to close the program, nothing happens. I have to xkill it.
 
Old 09-16-2004, 04:59 PM   #8
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I've had that, too, when I try to play some WMVs straight from the web.

If you're opening it from a URL, try downloading the file first, and then opening the local file with Mplayer.
 
Old 09-16-2004, 05:30 PM   #9
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I've never been able to figure out any reason for it, but sometimes, a video file will work in Mplayer, but not Xine, even though they're using the same codecs.
I was running into this until I did a full install of all the codecs I could get my hands on from Mplayer(all, essential, rp9codecs and xanimdlls) , untarred them into /usr/local/lib/codecs, and then did a fresh compile of xine-lib. Now there are no differences between what Xine and Mplayer will play.

Last edited by Hangdog42; 09-16-2004 at 05:31 PM.
 
Old 09-16-2004, 06:48 PM   #10
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Hi.

What this may be is 'prelink' messing with the win32 dlls.

Try running prelink -u -a (as root, which will take a while) then try again.

Dave
 
Old 09-18-2004, 06:26 PM   #11
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What directory should I do this from? prelink is not in my PATH.

btw I installed XINE via RPM.
 
Old 09-19-2004, 06:33 PM   #12
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prelink should be in /usr/sbin
 
  


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